1956. 890 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth, with gilt titles to spine label. Book rebound by library, with expected stamps and inscriptions. Graphs throughout. Includes photographic plates. Text block edges decoratively speckled. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning or foxing. Endpapers are much more noticeably tanned. Plates are clean with minor thumbing and foxing. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Text block edges are slightly tanned. Text block is firm. Gilt is bright.